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Originally Posted by votivesoul
Not quite. Oneness is more than just a "statement", i.e. nutshell version.
As I've read through your posts, you've made it plain, as far as I can see, that Jesus is only the Father by merit of the Father residing in Him and permeating through Him, a la perichloresis.
It is that part of your expressed views that is not traditional Oneness.
Traditional Oneness indicates that Jesus was God the Father from time immemorial, even before the man Christ Jesus came on the scene, and not just God the Father due to ontological union of Eternal Spirit and temporal flesh inside of Mary's womb at the Incarnation.
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But that lands us right back to what I'm saying. If Jesus is the Father from time immemorial... we have to recognize that what we're talking about IS the Father residing in Him... not His humanity. Not His distinct human mind. Not His distinct human will. Not His distinct human spirit. Else... you'd have to have an Eternal Son.
What I'm proposing is that what has become known as "Traditional Oneness" is a dumbed down version of actual Oneness that doesn't draw proper theological or ontological distinctions.
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